Microcom 466 - Manual (Page 37)

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS
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4.5.3 A SAMPLE SESSION (FIELDS)
Looking at the sample label...
^D57?
5,812,1218,,20,35?
1,190,1068,8,1,8,,,2,2?
2,139,900,11,1,8,,,2,2?
3,117,760,26,1,8?
4,265,560,11,1,8?
4,123,50,11,16,3,,,3,406?
^D56?
^D2?
Microcom?
Corporation?
Thermal Printing Solutions?
01234567890?
^D3? A label format is coming
Header information
Field #1 information
Field #2 information
Field #3 information
Field #4 information
Field #5 information
Select RAM Format
Text Data is Coming
Text String #1
Text String #2
Text String #3
Text String #4
Print Label 1
... and referring to Field #1.
1,190,1068,8,1,8,,,2,2?
1 - Field refers to text string #1 - Microcom. This field could have referred to
Corporation, if it had a TSN of 2. The fields do not have to be in any kind of
order with respect to the data fields.
190 - X beginning (XB) 190 dots from left edge of the print head.
1068 - Y beginning (YB) 40 dots from bottom of label.
8 -
Character Count (CC) of 8 characters, the amount of characters in Microcom.
1 - A TCI of 1 indicates that the data will appear on the label as text, an ASCII
string, as opposed to, for example, a bar code.
8 - This CGN selection of 8 selects an 18pt font.
,,, - This will default the next two positions.
2 - This sets the X multiplication to 2.
2 - This sets the Y multiplication to 2.
? - A carriage return signals the end of this field.
The field parameters that were not defined will default. A FO and FJ of 0 will place EASY to
the right of the X coordinate with a rotation of 0 degrees. CMX and CMY will default to 1, so
the character will be the size as defined by the font. The TSN is 1, therefore the entire word
EASY will print (a TSN of 2 would have printed ASY). CLX and CLY will default to 5 and 7,
respectively, so a full character will be printed.